Buying Melbourne

Making offers is the most crucial part of real estate and where you can save yourself tens of thousands of $$ or where you can lose it. In this episode, we break down the difference between a conditional and unconditional offer and just how much that might cost you. Welcome to How’s The Market, a podcast for First Home Buyers and Upgraders that gives you tips, tricks & up to date real estate i...

In this week's podcast, Tristan Larkin deep dives into the 3 biggest challenges of analysing off-market properties and how you can overcome them! Welcome to How’s The Market, a podcast for First Home Buyers and Upgraders that gives you tips, tricks & up to date real estate information from on the ground across Melbourne & Geelong. Make sure to check out www.tomii.com.au to get access...

Everything you need to know about the Victorian governments most recent housing policy updates that has been released in their Housing Statement in September 2023. You can find a copy of the Housing Statement here . Welcome to How’s The Market, a podcast for First Home Buyers and Upgraders that gives you tips, tricks & up to date real estate information from on the ground across Melbourne &amp...

Understanding the Do's & Don'ts of floor plans is paramount in creating a flowing and functioning home in today's day and age. In today's episode, Jonah Howard dives into the important things you need to look out for and how you can analyse the flow of a house just by doing a thorough review of the floor plan prior to even inspecting it! Welcome to How’s The Market, a podca...

After a tough year for buyers with supply shortages, heavy competition at each open and multiple offers on most properties, the spring market is now alleviating pressure and providing a great opportunity to purchase prior to Christmas. Finally, across most markets, we are seeing an uptick in stock. Whilst it has not been an extreme jump yet, it is a positive sign. In this episode, we deep dive int...

The RBA has now officially held the cash rate on pause again for their September meeting which means that the analyst were right in their predictions. In this episode we deep dive into the RBAs meeting minutes, what the major banks have predicted, what property prices are doing and where vacancy rates are at across the country. Welcome to How’s The Market, a podcast for First Home Buyers and Upgra...

Off-market properties have been a hot topic in recent months around Melbourne and a conversation we are constantly having with our clients. So what are they? Are they worth buying? Do we buy them for clients? And where do I find them? All will be covered in this week's episode! Welcome to How’s The Market, a podcast for First Home Buyers and Upgraders that gives you tips, tricks & up to d...

When we first chat with clients, we always stress that the most important thing to get crystal clear on is their brief. As the only way you can reverse engineer a great result is from seeing what the perfect result actually looks like for them. We start by giving them a list of property attributes including things like distance to public transport, natural light, and a separate study and encourage...

In today's real estate landscape, buyers often find themselves in a challenging predicament – the need to compromise on their property wish list due to limited options. However, it is critical not to make certain trade-offs that could lead to future buyer's remorse. In this episode, we break down the things we believe you should never compromise on. We also have an Upgraders webinar comi...

The Mortgage Prison with Juliana Backman from Mortgage Choice Berwick In this week’s episode, we have a very special guest, Julianna Backman breaking down all things finance including the current interest rates, the mortgage prison the fixed rate cliff and the banks reduced serviceability buffers. If you are interested in registering for the Upgraders Webinar with Mortgage Choice Berwick & Tom...

A recent article on realestate.com discusses the findings published by NAB in their latest Residential Property Survey which has estimated a 2 per cent increase in property prices by the end of 2023, followed by a 7.4 per cent jump across 2024. In this week’s episode, we deep dive on the current state of the market and what we think the future holds based on NABs predictions. If you are interested...

Buying a property in Victoria can be stressful enough, but when you consider the fact that many agents/agencies intentionally underquote properties, it can push some buyers to give up on the home hunting journey completely.  Time and time again we hear from buyers that show us a property that sold for $100k - $200k above their budget that they tell us they went to auction or made an offer on a pro...

Are Apartments A Good First Purchase? It seems the typical journey as a first home buyer looks something like this: See some friends purchase a property. Check some calculators online, wondering what their deposit was and how much their repayments are. Speak with a mortgage broker to see if you could get finance. Get pre-approved. Start looking at properties and realise you likely can’t afford a h...

Join Tristan Larkin & Melissa from Conveyed Conveyancing in this week's episode as we talk about all things due diligence. What is it? What's the most important? How do we do it? Who do we need to help? PLUS MORE! Make sure to check out more of Melissa's content and her services over at https://conveyed.com.au/ Welcome to How’s The Market, a podcast for First Home Buyers and Upg...

Going through open homes for the first time can be daunting. Especially in today's market, you are probably lining up behind groups of people and then only walking through each property for 5 - 10 minutes so that you’ve got enough time to make it to the next one. Then you get a text or a call from the agent later that day saying someone else has made an offer and they’re asking if you would l...

This week's HTM might be a bit more of a controversial one, though we want to discuss the effectiveness and shortcomings of building and pest inspections. First and foremost, this podcast does not suggest that you should not get a building and pest inspection done before purchasing a home.  As buyer’s agents, we insist in most cases on completing B&P inspections before purchasing every ho...

Recent forecasts indicate that the amount of inheritance being passed down from the baby boomer generation will experience an extraordinary surge over the next few decades. According to estimates, the volume of inheritances is expected to quadruple within the next 30 years. This means that an astounding $3.5 trillion will be passed down over the next decade alone, steadily rising to an annual tran...

Welcome to the first episode of How’s The Market, a podcast for first-home buyers and upgraders that gives you tips, tricks & up to date real estate information from buyer’s agents on the ground across Melbourne & Geelong. Make sure to check out www.tomii.com.au to get access to our How’s The Market blog and join the mailing list and we shall see you again in next week's episode!